Clause 30
Energy Bill
4:15 pm
Charles Hendry (Shadow Minister, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; Wealden, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 15, in clause 30, page 16, line 3, after ‘facility’, insert
‘and about the examination by inspectors of the closing of the facility.’.
This important amendment concerns the way in which facilities will be closed, and the examination by inspectors of such closures. It reaffirms the role of inspectors in examining a facility that has been closed for any reason, and says that the operator should be responsible for all such costs. The Bill does not make it clear that when inspectors need to go in to ensure that work has been done properly, that cost will be reimbursed by the operators. I seek the Minister’s assurance that they will be required to pay for that.